Constituency
58. Berhampore
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BERHAMPORE
INC 39.5%won by 16.8%IND 22.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.2% between them, down from 92.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
45,154
Margin
7,581
16.79%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1S.BHATTACHARYYAIndian National Congress · INC17,82339.5%
- 2S.SANYALIndependent · IND10,24222.7%
- 3A.K.BHATTACHARYYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,69019.2%
- 4S.K.RAHACommunist Party of India · CPI7,63516.9%
- 5D.MISRAIndependent · IND7641.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −17.8%
- INC share
- 39.0% → 39.5%
- IND share
- 4.5% → 22.7%
- Turnout
- — → —